Korintotɔwo 2 6
1 Esi mí katã míenye Mawu ƒe hadɔwɔlawo ta la, míele kuku ɖem na mi be migaxɔ Mawu ƒe amenuveve la dzodzro o.
WE then as labourers with him, exhort you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain:
2 Elabena Mawu gblɔ be, “Meɖo to wò le nye amenuveɣi la, eye mekpe ɖe ŋuwò le xɔxɔgbe la.” Mele egblɔm na wò be, fifiae nye amenuveɣi, kpɔ ɖa fifiae nye xɔxɔgbe!
for he saith, “In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I succoured thee.” Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.
3 Míedi be ame aɖeke nakpɔ vodada le dɔ si wɔm míele na Aƒetɔ la ŋu o, esia ta míena nuɖiɖia aɖeke le naneke me o.
Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:
4 Ke boŋ le xaxawo, hiãkamewo kple yometiti geɖewo me hã la, míedoa dzi eye míeɖea mía ɖokui fiana abe Mawu ƒe subɔla vavãwo ene.
but in every thing approving ourselves as ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in straits,
5 Woƒo mí, eye wode mí gaxɔ me. Ame siwo lɔ veve helĩhelĩ ɖe dzi me la tso ɖe mía ŋu kpɔ. Míewɔ dɔ sesĩe, eye ɖeɖi te mía ŋu kpɔ; míetsia zãdomadɔlɔ̃e, eye dɔ wua mí.
in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings,
6 Le nu sia nu me la, míenɔa anyi le dzadzɛnyenye me. Míegbɔa dzi ɖi, eye míenyoa dɔ me na ame sia ame. Ale si míedze si Aƒetɔ la ŋu míezɔna ɖo. Mawu ƒe Gbɔgbɔ Kɔkɔe la yɔ mí fũu eye míezɔna le eme kple lɔlɔ̃ si me alakpa mele o.
in purity, in knowledge, in long-suffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,
7 Míezɔna le Mawu ƒe nyateƒe kple eƒe ŋusẽ me, eye ame dzɔdzɔewo ƒe aʋawɔnu siwo le nuɖusime kple miame la le mía si.
by the word of truth, by the power of God, with weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left,
8 Nenye be amewo de bubu mía ŋu alo do ŋukpe mí, nenye be wodzu mí alo kafu mí, eye wose nyateƒe si gblɔm míele, gake wogbe be yewomaxɔe o, eye wobu mí abe alakpatɔwo ene hã la, Aƒetɔ la ko míanɔ agbe na.
through honour and dishonour, through evil report and good report: as deceivers, yet true men;
9 Xexea me tɔwo mebua mí ɖe naneke me o, gake Mawu ya nya mí nyuie. Míele kudo nu ɣe sia ɣi, gake kpɔ ɖa, míele agbe wu nu sia nu. Wode abi mía ŋu, gake míeku o.
as unknown, though well known; as dying, and lo! we live; as chastened, yet not given over to death;
10 Míaƒe dziwo sea veve ŋutɔ, eye míeléa blanui, gake Aƒetɔ la tsɔa eƒe dzidzɔ dea mía me. Míele abe ame siwo nye ame dahewo ene, gake míena ame geɖewo zu kesinɔtɔwo. Míedzena abe ame siwo si naneke mele o la ene, gake nu sia nu le mía si.
as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
11 Nɔvi Korinto hametɔ lɔlɔ̃awo, meʋu nye dzi me faa gblɔ nu siwo le eme la na mi. Míelɔ̃a mi ŋutɔ, eya ta
Our mouth is opened unto you, O Corinthians! our heart is enlarged.
12 míeɣla naneke ɖe mi o, ke boŋ míelɔ̃ mi tso dzi blibo me, gake ewɔ nuku ŋutɔ be mieʋu miaƒe dziwo me ɖe mía ŋu abe ale si míawo míewɔe na mi ene o.
Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.
13 Azɔ la, medi be maƒo nu na mi abe vinye ŋutɔŋutɔwo ene. Mina be miaƒe dɔ me nakɔ ɖe mía ŋu, eye mialɔ̃ mí tso dzi blibo me abe ale si míelɔ̃ mie ene.
Let us have a like return; I speak as unto children; be ye also enlarged.
14 Migawɔ ɖeka kple ame siwo melɔ̃a Aƒetɔ la o. Ƒomedodo kae le xɔsetɔwo kple dzimaxɔsetɔwo dome? Eye aleke kekeli kple viviti ate ŋu anɔ teƒe ɖekae le ɣeyiɣi ɖeka me?
Be not unequally yoked with infidels; for what participation hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what fellowship is there between light and darkness?
15 Aleke Kristo si nye dzɔdzɔetɔwo ƒe fia kple Abosam si nye nu vɔ̃ wɔlawo ƒe fia la ate ŋu awɔ ɖekae? Eye aleke kristotɔ hã ate ŋu awɔ ɖeka kple dzimaxɔsetɔ?
and what concord of Christ with Belial? or what share hath he that believeth with an infidel?
16 Nenema ke mele be ɖekawɔwɔ aɖeke nanɔ gbedoxɔ kple trɔ̃xɔ dome o. Míawoe nye Mawu gbagbe la ƒe gbedoxɔ, afi si wònɔna. Mawu ŋutɔ gblɔ be, “Manɔ ame siwo nye tɔnyewo la dome, mazɔ le wo dome. Manye woƒe Mawu, eye woawo hã woanye nye dukɔ.”
or what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, “I will inhabit in them, and walk about in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be for me a people.”
17 Esia ta, Yehowa gblɔ be, “Mido go le wo dome, eye miaɖe vovo tso wo gbɔ le nu sia nu me. Migade asi woƒe nu siwo ŋuti mekɔ o la ŋuti o, ekema maxɔ mi abe tɔnyewo ene.”
“Wherefore go forth from the midst of them, and be ye separated, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean; and I will receive you,
18 Ke, “Manye mia Fofo, eye miawo hã mianye, vinyeŋutsuwo kple vinyenyɔnuwo.”
and I will be as a father unto you, and ye shall be to me for sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.”
